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A trio of the DSO plays works by Haydn, Gaubert, Weber and Kapustin On 8 November, an ensemble from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) will continue the popular 'Notturno' concert series. For the first time, the venue will be the James-Simon-Galerie, the newly constructed entrance buildi

Basic refurbishment of the historic building complex in keeping with its listed status is complete Berlin. The keys to the Berlin State Library in the Unter den Linden building were handed over today at a ceremony attended by 300 invited guests. This marks the completion of the basic refurbishment a

Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe hears case on framing technology After the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgement in the preliminary ruling proceedings (case no.: C-392/19) on the interpretation of the term "communication to the public" under copyright law at the beginning of Mar

New layout, new structure, new content - the website of the Secret State Archives PK has been completely relaunched / Research room reopened to users on 14 May 2020 Following the recent amendment to the Berlin SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance, archives are now also allowed to reopen. The Se

The SPK's museums, libraries and archives have been closed to the public for more than a month. The first steps towards reopening will be taken from 4 May 2020: In the State Library, the Ibero-American Institute and the State Institute for Music Research, media can once again be collected and return

The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, explains the corona crisis: "The spread of the corona virus has also had a profound impact on Berlin's cultural life. The warnings of the medical profession to ensure that social contacts are reduced to an absolute minimu

Verena Lepper from the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin heads the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA). The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will fund the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) with

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has agreed with the heirs of the artist Hans Purrmann on the restitution of a work from the National Museums' Picture Gallery. Purrmann had sold the fragment of a painting by Hans Baldung Grien in 1937 due to his difficult situation as a "degenerate" artist.

On 7 December 2019, the exhibition "The Victoria of Calvatone: The Fate of a Masterpiece", organised by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the National Museums in Berlin, will open in the Hermitage's "Roman Court" room. The exhibition marks the completion of the restoration of the stat

In its issue of 30 October 2019, the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" reported on the Nationalgalerie's planned 20th century museum at Berlin's Kulturforum. The article "Very, very much space" by Jörg Häntzschel distorts key aspects of the new building. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation corrects some p